Metallic railway-tie.



A 110,857,328. A PATENTED JUNE18I1907. P. M.YGANTY & H. w. SGHOENFBLT.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE. I

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 1907. I

III! II UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. PATRICK M. GANTY-AND HARRY W. SOI IOENFELT, OF AL'rooNA;

PENNSYLVANIA.

' METALLIC nAiLwAv-"r s.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 8,1907. Serial 110' 867,060.

No. 857,328. Fatented June 18, 1907.

no a]! whom it my concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK M. CANTY and HARRY W. SoIIoENFnL'r, citizens of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the 5 county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties, of WlllOll the following is a specification.

Ourinvention pertains to metallic railway ties; and it has for one ofits objects to pro vide a tie of such formation at its sides that the tie is lived with respect .to ties at o po- )ortion of 75% site sides of the same and is effectually leld latter, this composition being advanta eous against endwise creeping or casual movebecause it combines the advantages of ightment in ballast. ness and strength, and is not liable to be de- Another object of the invention is the proteriorated by the action of water. At the vision in a metallic tie (if rail fasteningmeans middle of its side walls the tie body A is proembodying such a' eonstruction that lateral *vided with swells C, referably of obtuse anoutward movement of the rails under the gle form in lan as sliown in Fig. 2; and the pressure of heavy trains is precluded without the imposition of undue strain on the eonnecti n bolts and the consequent liability of the bdlts bein'g sheared or cut elf, and also embodying means whereby expansion and contraction may be compensated for and the fasteningmeans adapted to properly hold the-rails under all conditions.

3 Otheradvantageous features of the'inven tion will be fully understood from the following description and claims whcn the same are'read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the metallic tie constitutinm the present and preferred embodiment of our invention inside elevation and also illustratin two rails in transverse section as fastene in accordance with 'our invention to the tie body. Fig. 2 is a I plan view of the tie body per se. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional perspective illus- 'rrating our novel rail fastening means. Fig. 7 .4 is a longitudinal .vertical section taken through the fasteningv means complementary to one rail. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the tie .body. v

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referringto which: p O A is the metallic tie or tie body of our improvements. The said tie body is prefer I ably formed of rolled steel of suitable thickness, and is closed at n and is provided with inwardly directed base flanges a, as best shown in Fig. 3. These flanges a havefor their ol'liee to retain in the metallic tie ortie body. a filling B designed as well as to renders-the same a poor conductor of sound, and ment of our invention the saidiilling is composed of coal ashes and cement in the )IO- ofthe former to 25 o the said tiebor y Wall at opposite sides of its middle with apertures 1) arranged turcs E located at points intermer iate the apertures D and the ends of the tie body T 1e several apertures l) andE are preferab y of T-form andhave their stems orreduced portions disposedas illustrated that say, the stems or reduced portions of the a ertures D aredirected outward and t 10 stems or reduced portions of the apertur'esE are directed inward. The tie body isfurther provided with abutments F which are preferably, though not necessarily, 'ressed upward from the top of thebody am are 10- cle'arly shown in Fig. 2. At opposite sides of the stems or reduced portions of the several a ertures forme the said serrations extending transversely of the tie body and being des' nod to forth in detail.

H H are rails arran at right. angles to thetle body Ain the ordinary well known manner.

are chair plates disposed under the rails and having upwardly extending flan es 6 interposed between the outer rail bases and the abut-ments F.

tions of the chair plates I and the outerporits top, side and ends,

to lend stiffness and strength to the tie body in the preferred.elnbodi in pairs and sin le aper cated at opposite sides of theapertures E, as.

ed on and extending edges of t e J are clamps arranged on theflanged p'oris to Dand E serrations G are serve an important purpose'he'reina ter'set at their under sides opposed I arra tions of the rail bases and having serrations to and engaging the serrations G adjacent to the apertures E.

K K are vbolts connecting the clamps'J. to the top wall of the tie body A.

LL are clamps arranged above and adapted to hold the inner portions of the rail bases and having serrations opposed to the serrations Grat opposite sides of the apertures D, and M M are bolts extending through the reducedportions ofthe apertures D and the clamps L and connecti the said clamps to the top wall of the tie bo y A.

'By virtue of the tie body A bein provided at the middles of its sidewalls wit swells as described, it will be apparent that the tie is held against endwise cree ing or, casual movement in the ballast usua y employed.

During the assembling of the parts comprised in our .novel rail fastening means, it will be apparent that the heads of the connecti oltsf may be passed downward throng) the enlar ed portions "of the apertures and E an may then be adjusted to positions below the stems or reduced portibnsof the apertures; and it will. also be apparent that because of the construction and ement of thechair plates 1, clamps J andc amps L, the sole function of the connecting bolts is-to hold the clamps and the rails down on the tie body. A, and conse-.'

uently there is no liability of the bolts being s cared or broken when the rails are sub jected ,to the pressure exerted by pass trains. Inother words the engagement 0 the serrations of the clamp'ls with the complementary serrations of to tie bodyrprevents movement of the clampswith res ect to the tie body without theim ositiono lateral strain on'thebolts, and t e chair plates i also. assist in the attainment of this end so far as the outer bolts K'areconcerned inas- 1 maybe used in lieu of the much as their flanges b are interposed between-the rail bases and the abutments F and hence place the outward thrust of the rails against the-abutments-F'integral with the tie body A. The chief function, however, of the chair plates I is to assure; the maintenance of a track of pro )er gage, since it isclear that when the rails are found on test to be too-close to ether,- lates I having flanges b of a less thic ess t an the flanges illustrated, may be .substituted'for the plates "1 shown, and when the rails Hare found to be too far apart, plates I having flanges of a greater rthickn than the flanges shown illustrated plates.

ess

way, aswill be'readily appreciated,

1 our'improved tie and rail fastening means may be suited to various conditions of service, and the usefulness of the structure as a whole ma be materially prolon ed. will e gathered from the'ibregoing our improvements are simple, practical and inex- C and this in such manner cut, is:

' the rails with respect to ing. swells pensive, and hence are adapted to be em- 65,

it \vill be seen that there is no-liability of the i outer rails at curves being casually moved outward incident to the great lateral pressure exerted by passing trains, this because the fixed abutments b and/the flanges of the ob airpl ates 1 preclude outward movement of the tie body A. In addition to the practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to our improvement-s, it will be noted that the rails may be expeditiously and easily fastened to the tie body that there is no liability of the rails being casually released from the tie body during service.

The construction scribed constitutes the preferred embodiment of our invention, but it is obvious that in practice such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope of our invention as defined in the claims appended.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pat- 1. A metallic tie having a top wall and side walls depending therefrom and also havof obtuse angle form in plan at the middles of its side walls, and straight hollow end portions.

" 2. In a tie, a metallic tie body, closed at its sides} to and ends and having swells of obtuse an e form in plan at the middles of its side wa s, and straight hollow end portions, and also having inwardly flanges, and a plastic filling retained in the said tie body by the base flanges thereof. v

3. The combination in a t1e,of ametallic tie body closed at its sides, to and ends and havin swells of obtuse angle. orm in lan at the middles of its side walls, and straig t hollow end portions, and also in its top and inwardly directed base flanges, a 'plastic filling retained in the tie body by thebase flanges thereof, rails arranged on the tie body, and means extending through the openings in the top of the tie body and connectin the rails and the said body.

4. he combination of a metallic tie provided at its top ranged above t e said tie,

chair plates removably interposed -between the tie and the rails and having upwardly directed flanges resting between the abutments and the outer edges'of the rail bases, and means for holding the said rails and chair plates down upon the tie.

5. The combination of a metallic tie provided on its top with abutments and in its top with openings and also provided on its top with serrations extending in the direction of the width thereof, rails arranged above the herein shown and de--- directed base.

having openings with abutments, rails ar.

said tie,"chair plates removably arranged between the tie and the rails and having upwardly directed flanges interposed between the abutments and the outer edges of the rail bases, clamps resting on the rail bases and having transverse serrations opposed to those of the tie, and bolts connecting the clamps and the tie-and extending through the openings in the top of the latter.

6. The combination of a metallic tie provided on its top with integral abutments and in its top with openings of T-form and also provided on its top at op osite sides of the stems or reduced portidn of the T-shaped openings with transverse serrations, rails arranged above the said tie, chair plates removably arranged between the tie and the rails and having -upwardly dir I cted flanges interposed between the abutments and the outer ed es of the rail bases, clamps resting on the rail bases and havin transverse serrations opposed to those of t e tie, bolts extending through the' clamps. and the reduced portions of the openin s in the tie top and having heads dis osed below said to and nuts mounted on t e bolts above the 0 amps.

In testimony whereof we hav'ehereunto set 1 our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK M. CANTY. HARRY W. SCHOENFELT. Witnesses:

G. A. IcKEs,

H. J. HOAR; 

